Doesn't JetBrains offer perpetual licenses for specific software versions? How do they host all the old versions?

How much do all these AI features cost Microsoft to run? Do they run locally or on their servers? What even is the business model?

My 2ct. guess: they will be relatively useful at the beginning, so people start using them. Then with each use, they will SHOOT ADS at you.

Your credit score IS maintained by companies! Their whole business is maintaining American credit scores. I really have no idea what their business model is.

Yes, the only role of the government was to issue an SSN which has been explicitly said shouldn't be used in such a manner[1].

It is a real pet peeve of mine that people take such hard stands on issues like this when it's so easy to check what's actually happening first. This thread isn't the most egregious example, but it is an example of someone just imagining a system with a big flaw and then suggesting a solution to the problem they made up.

[1]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-security-n...

Near instantaneous credit checks is their business model, and they operate worldwide.

Their business replies on collecting and storing vast troves of data that influence your credit score.

Were the likes of Experian and Equifax taken out of the credit system, you would see a massive credit crunch as every business that relies on them would have to manually verify anyone's credit score (which could introduce a whole new set of biases) or forego that completely.

Interestingly, when it comes to business credit checks, i.e. Financial viability and director background checks and history - this is something an LLM could very easily find red flags from publicly accessible data before forking out money for a full report.

What do you mean they operate worldwide? There are many countries that operate without credit scores.

The credit score provided by someone like Equifax is just a number - cheap and quickly requested via an API. And yes, bureaus don't have operations in every country - but my point was that credit scores don't just exist in the US.

Take the Netherlands, they don't use scores; rather you would request a report that details any known factors that influence creditworthiness.

The difference is: - the score is a simple weighting (0-1000) that is systematically calculated by the bureau. - Without a score provided, you have to make a judgment yourself on that individual's creditworthiness from their report.

Data and access to said data is their business model

I'm sure that running credit checks costs money somehow. Accurate credit information facilitates profitable loans.

What's the timeline on rolling out E2EE? Is it for paid users only?

Gold standard on all plans. Already supported for transfers between iOS and Mac devices. Android and Windows coming soon.

Mozilla Corp isn’t a non-profit. Mozilla org is, but the discussion is about the corp ceo.

Maybe we can put the quantum computers in space too.

Hard agree. Especially in widely spaced suburban/exurban neighborhoods that mysteriously lack sidewalks and have suspiciously wide roads.

I had just upgraded to Windows 11 last week, and for some godforsaken reason earlier today, I could SSH via WSL but not from the host OS even though they were both using keys served from the Windows OpenSSH agent! I'm just going to blame this service outage and hope for the best tomorrow.

It's not a very good umbrella term, the term itself implies a relationship structure where an individual is in multiple, involved intimate relationships. A couple in an open relationship where one or both partners engage in dalliances doesn't fall under that umbrella.

It's posible to draw such clear line? Surely, it's rather easy to convince oneself you have all your relationships nicely compartmentalized..till reality does otherwise.